Improved method op attaching hoes to theie handles



WILLIAM H. STAR'IZMAN, OF BIG LICK, VIRGINIA.

Letters .Patent No. 62.900, dated March y12, 1867.

IMPROVED METHOD OP ATTAGHING HUBS T0 THEIR HANDLES.

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'IO ALL- WI-IOM I'I MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. STARTZMAN, of Big Lick, in the county of Roanoke, and State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in I-Ioes; and I do hereby declare that the followin'g is a full,

i clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable` others skilled in the art to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming-part of this specication,in which- Figure l is a side view of my improved hoc, partly in section, through the line :z: .11, iig. 2.

Figure 2 is a bottom view of the saine. i

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved'manner of attaching the handle to the blade of the hoe; and it consists in constructing the oye of the hoe with a wedge-shaped notch for the reception of the handle, and in making the end of vthe handle wedge-shaped and securing it in the wedge-shaped notch of the eye b'y a. cap and hollow nuts or bolts, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the blade of the hoe, to the rear edge of which is attached, or upon it is formed, an eye, B,in which is formed a wedgo-shaped'notch for the reception of the handle. O is the handle, the lower end of' which is made wedge-shaped, as shown in g. 2, so as to fit into the notch .formed in the edge B, D isa cap, which passes across the rear side of the handle C, from one side of the eye B to the other, as shown in fig 2. Upon the under side of the cap D is formed a tongue, d?, running longitudinally with the cap, and'tting groove formed across the lower end of the handle C, as shown in iig. l. Upon the sides ofthe eye B are formed arms, b', having screw-threads cut upon' thern, `which said arms pass through holes formed in the ends of the cap D; and the saidcap is secured in place by hollow nuts, E, screwed down upon the saidl arms 5'; or holes may be formed through the sides of the eye B, through which, and through the holes in the ends of the ca p D, are passed the bolts F, which are secured in place by the nuts G screwed upon their lower ends. Eitherof these ways of securing the handle in place is very effective; but I prefer the one first described, as giving a neatcr appearance to the hoe. When the handle .is attached to the blade of the hoe in this manner, as the handle shrinks it may be tightened by screwing down the nuts so as to hold it always tight, thus .avoiding splitting. the handle and weakening it by the insertion of wedges. i

What I claim as new, and desire to sccurefby Letters Patent, is-

l Attaching the handle C, having its lower end wedge-shaped, to the hoe A, by means of the Wedge-shaped eye I3,ltongued cap D, nut E, and bolts and nuts F G, as herein shown and described.

' I WILLIAM H. STAR'IZMAN.

Witnesses:

J. N. TnAx'roN, Marrnnson Ronnnsoiv. 

